The Eritrean Orthodox Church Tewahdo (EOC) has planned two peaceful demonstrations in the United States (US) calling for the release and reinstatement of the church’s legitimate leader, Patriarch Antonios, who has been under house arrest for over a decade. The first demonstration, organised by St Gabriel’s…
According to the tweet on 21st October 2019, by the Eritrean Information Minister, Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s Ambassador to Eritrea, “to seek clarification/rectification of this incessant vitriol , which has nothing to do with objective journalism, by an outfit funded by the German Government,” apparently…
On 2nd October 2019, the Ugandan newspaper “Daily Monitor” reported that five (later corrected to four) players from Eritrea’s Under-20 football team had disappeared from their hotel in Jinja, whilst preparing to play in the CECAFA Challenge Cup. They were later reported to have applied for asylum in Uganda.…
Update (October 2, 2019): Five Players of Eritrea’s National Under-20 (U-20) football team have disappeared from their hotel in Jinja, Uganda ahead of the semi-finals of the on-going Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) U-20 Challenge Cup. CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup is set to…
Despite Eritrean government’s egregious human rights violations, Eritrea is a member of the Human Rights Council and still has not allowed the new Special Rapporteur, Ms. Daniela Kravetz, to visit the country. The Eritrean government flouts the very purposes for which the UN Human Rights Council was…
